First Advantage Resident Screening Report

First Advantage is a major tenant screening provider and a nationwide specialty consumer reporting agency. Through its dedicated division, First Advantage Resident Solutions, the company sells tenant screening software and consumer reporting products. These products help landlords and property management companies evaluate prospective renters before offering them a lease.

(1) More Information about the First Advantage Resident Screening Report

To build these tenant screening reports, First Advantage collects a wide range of background and financial information. It acts as an official reseller for the three primary credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion) to pull traditional credit histories, debt balances, and payment records. Additionally, First Advantage maintains its own databases containing landlord-tenant dispute records, housing court eviction filings, address histories, and public court records (such as civil judgments, bankruptcies, and criminal background checks).

The primary customers purchasing First Advantage tenant screening products are property management companies, multi-family housing operators, residential landlords, and real estate leasing agents. These businesses use the Resident Advantage Portal and automated screening tools to streamline application intake, verify applicant identities, lower the risk of unpaid rent, and reduce expensive tenant evictions.

First Advantage features custom rules-based recommendation engines and credit scoring parameters built into its resident screening platform. Rather than relying solely on a generic credit score, the system processes credit indicators, criminal records, eviction histories, and income attributes against custom leasing criteria set by property managers. The software then generates an automated scoring status for each applicant, such as Application Approved, Approved with Conditions (like requesting an extra security deposit), or Application Declined.

Additionally, First Advantage partners with specialty financial tools like Credit Passport by Nova Credit to evaluate foreign national applicants who lack a U.S. credit file, allowing property managers to review international credit histories. When consumers request a copy of their tenant screening background file directly from the company under federal law, the report is provided as a First Advantage Consumer Disclosure Report or Resident Screening File Disclosure.

(2) Request a First Advantage Resident Screening Report by Telephone or Mail

Request a copy of your First Advantage Resident Screening Report by telephone (800-845-6004) or by mail (First Advantage Consumer Center, P.O. Box 105292, Atlanta, GA 30348-5292).

(3) Request a First Advantage Resident Screening Report Online

Special Scores provides an online option to request your First Advantage Resident Screening Report.

(4) Dispute Errors in Your First Advantage Resident Screening Report

If you find information in your consumer report that you believe is inaccurate or incomplete, you may have the legal right to dispute the report’s content with the consumer reporting company and the company that shared the information to the reporting company. Under federal law, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), companies must conduct a reasonable investigation of your dispute. The company that provided the incorrect information must correct the error, and notify every consumer reporting company to whom it provided the inaccurate information.